Thymus changes may play larger role in late-onset myasthenia gravis

Adults with late-onset myasthenia gravis (LOMG), when symptoms begin at age 50 or later, showed advanced fatty replacement of the thymus gland, while a separate group of LOMG patients showed reduced production of new immune cells, according to a new study. Abnormalities in the thymus gland are well established in early-onset MG (EOMG), in which […] The post Thymus changes may play larger role in…